The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • Athelstaneford – a dovecot, an elusive battle, and the legend of Scotland’s flag

    August 14, 2014 /

    What is an English-sounding name like Athelstaneford doing in eastern Scotland? And what does it have to do with our national flag?

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    Loch an Eilein Castle

    July 2, 2023

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014

    Doune Castle: seat of power

    July 30, 2014
  • Looking at brochs

    July 18, 2014 /

    These impressive buildings were designed to last - but what were they used for?

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    Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull – a mystery re-exhumed

    August 21, 2022

    An old graveyard near Callander

    September 9, 2014

    St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh

    February 7, 2014
  • The Battle of Dunnichen

    May 20, 2013 /

    Dunnichen, Dun Nechtain, Nechtansmere - take your pick (or should that be Pict?) We don't know where this battle took place, but we know one thing: the Picts were delighted with the outcome!

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    The Lerags Cross

    July 2, 2017

    Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive

    July 10, 2014

    Keills Chapel: shadows of time

    April 5, 2015
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    "To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

    Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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